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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 chapati 42g

Recipe makes 12 chapati)

Calories 92
Calories from Fat 19 (20%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 2.1g 3%
Saturated Fat 1.3g 6%
Monounsaturated Fat 0.5g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.2g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 5mg 1%
Sodium 14mg 0%
Potassium 22mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 15.9g 5%
Dietary Fiber 0.6g 2%
Sugars 0.1g
Protein 2.2g 4%

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Punjabi Chapati / Chapatis

Recipe #217108 | 50 min | 10 min prep | add private note

By: LittleKiwiChook
Mar 16, 2007

I am learning to cook Indian food once a week, and absolutely loving it. This is one of my tutor's recipes, when I brought them home everyone gobbled them up. They were served with my tutor's Lamb Khemma recipe. You can use margarine or butter, depending on your dietary preference. You can also make a large batch of dough, roll the chapatis out and freeze (uncooked) until required. Also, you need to cover the dough tightly whilst it is resting, I put it in a ziplock bag or plastic container with a lid. I didn't do this once and the chapati just weren't the same. Finally, you can use 1/2 wholemeal & 1/2 plain flour if you can't find chapati flour.

12 chapati (change servings and units)

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1
    Put flour into bowl & rub butter/margarine into it.
  2. 2
    Add half of the water and stir to combine.
  3. 3
    Add the remaining water slowly, stirring until all of the flour is hydrated.
  4. 4
    Knead for approximately 3 minutes (be careful, the dough may be hot from the water). The dough will spring back slightly when pressed & may be slightly sticky.
  5. 5
    Leave covered for 30 minutes (approx).
  6. 6
    Divide into small balls (about half the size of a tennis ball) and dip into extra flour.
  7. 7
    Press gently in your hand until slightly flattened into a disc.
  8. 8
    Roll with a rolling pin into thin round pancakes.
  9. 9
    Heat a heavy based frying pan (I used a cast iron one).
  10. 10
    Put the chapati onto the pan and cook until small blisters appear. Turn and cook on the other side (they may puff up, don't worry).
  11. 11
    Remove from the heat and wrap in a clean tea towel until ready to serve.

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From: SoozieQ

On Dec 11, 2007

This was a nice easy recipe to go with my Chicken Vindaloo My Way served over Baked Basmati Rice. As I made mine I put them in a gallon zip lock bag and sealed it. The steam from each one kept them all warm. Unfortunately although I followed the directions exactly, this only made 8 Chapatis for me and my small balls of dough were smaller than tennis balls. Next time I will double the recipe as the 5 of us gobbled up the 8 pieces leaving some wanting more!

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  • From: D-Tag

    On Apr 8, 2007

    Simple, but effective. I was appauled at how much Indian restaurants were charging for this. Now I can make my own, whenever I want, how much of it as I want. Thank you very much!

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    From: pattikay in L.A.

    On Jul 14, 2007

    Loved these flat breads! Very simple and perfect with a spicy Indian meal. Be prepared for the dough to be quite sticky for rolling out - have plenty of flour on hand. I used a blend of whole wheat and white flours. Thanks for posting!

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    From: Funkydelia

    On Sep 25, 2008

    These were so easy to make and taste so authentic. Thanks for a great recipe!

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